Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
Compilation album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released	2008 October
Recorded	1974–1977, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	3:24:08
Label	Mosaic (licensed from Sony BMG Music)
Producer	Hiroshi Isaka (original recordings), Michael Cuscuna (this compilation)

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Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band is a 3 CD compilation album released by Mosaic Records in October 2008 and is composed of the first five studio albums recorded by the LA-based Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It is volume 33 of the "Mosaic Select" series and includes the complete contents of the previously released RCA / Victor recordings, Kogun (1974), Long Yellow Road (1975), Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) (1976), Insights (1976), and March of the Tadpoles (1977).

Track listing[]

All songs orchestrated by Toshiko Akiyoshi. All songs composed by Akiyoshi except "Yet Another Tear" (Tabackin).

Disc One:

1. "Elegy" – 9:10
2. "Memory" – 10:23
3. "Kogun" – 6:06
4. "American Ballad" – 5:46
5. "Henpecked Old Man" – 9:11
6. "Long Yellow Road" – 6:23
7. "The First Night" – 4:50
8. "Opus No. Zero" – 10:04
9. "Quadrille, Anyone?" – 6:18
10. "Children in the Temple Ground" – 5:26

Disc Two

1. "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" – 8:52
2. "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:25
3. "Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)" – 9:09
4. "Strive for Jive" – 7:46
5. "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More" – 6:06
6. "Interlude" – 4:13
7. "Village" – 11:04
8. "Studio J" – 6:00
9. "Transience" – 4:33
10. "Sumi-E" – 7:50

Disc Three:

1. "Minamata" (suite) – 21:37
   1. "Peaceful Village"
   2. "Prosperity & Consequence"
   3. "Epilogue"
2. "March of the Tadpoles" – 6:54
3. "Mobile" – 5:20
4. "Deracinated Flower" – 8:14
5. "Yellow is Mellow" – 8:53
6. "Notorious Tourist from the East" – 7:35

Personnel[]

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
• Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
• Dick Spencer – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Gary Foster – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (except "Opus No. Zero")
• Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet
• Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone ("Opus No. Zero")
• Bobby Shew – trumpet
• Mike Price – trumpet
• Steven Huffsteter – trumpet ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)", "Strive for Jive", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Village", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "Minamata", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
• Richard Cooper – trumpet ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)", "Strive for Jive", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Village", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
• Don Rader – trumpet ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man", "Long Yellow Road", "The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Quadrille Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
• Stu Blumberg – trumpet ("The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Children in the Temple Ground")
• John Madrid – trumpet ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man" and "Long Yellow Road")
• Lynn Nicholson – trumpet ("Quadrille Anyone?", "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
• Jerry Hey – trumpet ("Minamata")
• Phil Teele – bass trombone
• Charlie Loper – trombone
• Britt Woodman – trombone (except "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "Minamata", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
• Jim Sawyer – trombone ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man", "Long Yellow Road", "Strive for Jive" and "Village")
• Bruce Paulson – trombone ("The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Quadrille Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
• Rick Culver – trombone ("March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
• Peter Donald – drums (except "Opus Number Zero" and "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
• Chuck Flores – drums ("Opus Number Zero" and "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
• Don Baldwin – bass ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan", "Strive for Jive", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Village", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "Minamata", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
• Gene Cherico – bass ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man", "Long Yellow Road", "The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Quadrille Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground" and "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")

Special guests:

• Scott Elsworth – voice ("Memory")
• Tokuko Kaga – vocal ("Children in the Temple Ground")
• King Errisson – congas ("Village")
• Hisao Kanze – utai / Nō chant ("Minamata")
• Tadao Kamei – ōtsuzumi ("Minamata")
• Hayao Uzawa – kotsuzumi ("Minamata")
• (Monday) Michiru Mariano – voice ("Minamata")
• Hiromitsu Katada – kakko ("Sumi-E")
• Emil Richards – percussion ("Notorious Tourist from the East")

Sources / References[]

• Mosaic Select MS-033, Mosaic Records
• Mosaic Select 33, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band at Allmusic.com